HR software for legal firms
Keep confidential employee records, role changes, development evidence, leave and documents clear around demanding client work.
No sales call. No card. No trial clock.
- Confidential employee records
- Roles and departments
- Development evidence
- Careful manager access
Is HollyHR a good fit for your legal firm?
HollyHR fits UK legal employers with roughly 5 to 100 employees that need controlled core HR across fee earners, trainees, paralegals and support teams. Free covers up to 10 active employees; Standard is a separate plan at £2 per active employee per month.
Legal employers with roughly 5 to 100 employees can use HollyHR for controlled core HR while practice management stays in its own system.
Free for up to 10 employees. Standard is £2 per active employee.
HollyHR Free costs £0 for up to 10 active employees. Standard costs £2 per active employee each month, including the first 10. Plus will cost £4 per active employee each month when it launches. Prices are before applicable tax.
Professional work still needs a clear employee record.
Confidential employee records need deliberate access
Keep manager actions and everyday team information separate from the documents and sensitive absence records that belong with authorised administrators.
Professional development needs evidence, not a generic tick
Record the learning or review evidence your firm chooses to keep with an owner and date, while competence remains a professional judgement under the applicable regulator's rules.
Trainees, fee earners and support roles still share one employer
Keep role, department, manager, working pattern and dated changes connected when people qualify, move practice area or take on new responsibilities.
Core HR that stays separate from client matters.
One record across legal and support roles
Keep the current role, department, manager, working pattern and dated changes with each employee.
- Import existing people data
- Keep role changes connected
Evidence beside the employee
Store documents, policy acknowledgements and dated development records with the access your process allows.
- Keep evidence with the person
- Track an owner and review date
Leave without opening the private file
Give partners and managers the team context their role permits without granting blanket access to confidential records.
- See balances against patterns
- Keep request status clear
Core HR for employees, alongside legal practice systems.
Use HollyHR for the employment record and keep matters, professional checks and client work in specialist systems.
Your employee record in HollyHR
- Employment details, roles and departments
- Documents, acknowledgements and development evidence
- Working patterns, holiday and sickness
- Role-aware access, import and export
Works alongside your legal systems
- Matter management, conflicts and client files
- Time recording, billing and document production
- Practising-status checks and professional registers
- Competence decisions and regulator submissions
HollyHR can hold evidence your firm records. It does not validate professional status or decide whether a competence obligation is met.
Core HR across different legal services employers.
Solicitors' firms
Fee earners, trainees, paralegals and support employees across practice areas.
Barristers' chambers
Employed clerking, administration and operations teams supporting the chambers.
Conveyancing practices
Case, legal and support employees working through high-volume transactions.
Legal consultancies
Employed specialists and operations teams delivering advisory work.
Claims and litigation services
Legal, case-support and administrative employees across active workloads.
Legal support businesses
Research, process, technology and administrative teams supporting legal work.
These are examples. Each profession and UK jurisdiction has its own regulator and requirements.
Useful for clear starts and employment changes.
Probation review template
Record expectations, evidence, support and a clear review outcome.
Open templateEmployment contract checklist
Work through the terms a UK employment contract needs to settle.
Open templateGDPR for HR
Plan access, retention and handling for employee information.
Open guideStraight answers to common questions.
Does HollyHR check practising status?
No. Use the official register or service for the relevant profession and jurisdiction. HollyHR can keep the evidence and review date your firm records, but it does not validate a practising certificate or professional status.
Can HollyHR manage continuing-competence records?
You can keep documents and dated requirements against the employee where that fits your firm's process. HollyHR is not a learning platform and does not decide whether a solicitor or other professional has met the applicable competence obligation.
Does HollyHR include matter management or time recording?
No. Keep client matters, conflicts, time, billing and document production in your practice-management systems. HollyHR holds the employment record, leave, sickness and employee documents underneath that work.
Can partners or team leads see leave without seeing every private record?
Role-aware access can give managers the employee context and actions their role permits without granting blanket access to confidential files. Your administrators remain responsible for assigning the appropriate role and reporting line.
How much does HollyHR cost for a legal firm?
Free is £0 for up to 10 active employees, with no card requirement or trial clock. Standard is £2 per active employee per month before applicable tax. Plus is coming soon at £4 per active employee per month.
Start free with up to 10 active employees.
Bring your team over from a spreadsheet. There is no card, no sales call and no lock-in. For up to 10 active employees, everyday HR is free.